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- 2008023208 abstract "Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, at the height of the Great Depression, she spearheaded the fight to improve the lives of America's working people while juggling her own family responsibilities. Perkins's ideas became the cornerstones of the most important social welfare legislation in the nation's history, including unemployment compensation, child labor laws, the forty-hour work week, and Social Security. Also, as head of the Immigration Service, she fought to bring European refugees to safety. Based on eight years of research, extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to family and friends, this is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society.--From publisher description.".
- 2008023208 contributor B11098778.
- 2008023208 created "c2009.".
- 2008023208 date "2009".
- 2008023208 date "c2009.".
- 2008023208 dateCopyrighted "c2009.".
- 2008023208 description "Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, at the height of the Great Depression, she spearheaded the fight to improve the lives of America's working people while juggling her own family responsibilities. Perkins's ideas became the cornerstones of the most important social welfare legislation in the nation's history, including unemployment compensation, child labor laws, the forty-hour work week, and Social Security. Also, as head of the Immigration Service, she fought to bring European refugees to safety. Based on eight years of research, extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to family and friends, this is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society.--From publisher description.".
- 2008023208 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-444) and index.".
- 2008023208 extent "xiii, 458 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- 2008023208 identifier "0385513658".
- 2008023208 identifier "9780385513654".
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- 2008023208 identifier 2008023208-d.html.
- 2008023208 identifier 2008023208-s.html.
- 2008023208 identifier 2008023208.html.
- 2008023208 issued "2009".
- 2008023208 issued "c2009.".
- 2008023208 language "eng".
- 2008023208 publisher "New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday,".
- 2008023208 spatial "United States".
- 2008023208 subject "331.092 22".
- 2008023208 subject "HD8073.P38 D69 2009".
- 2008023208 subject "Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965.".
- 2008023208 subject "United States. Department of Labor Biography.".
- 2008023208 subject "Women cabinet officers United States Biography.".
- 2008023208 subject "Women social reformers United States Biography.".
- 2008023208 title "The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience / Kirstin Downey.".
- 2008023208 type "text".